Ascites

Definition: Ascites

Ascites

Noun

1. Accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity.

Etymology: Ascites \As*ci"tes\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression (sc. disease), from bladder, belly.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definition: Ascites

Domain	Definition
Health	Accumulation or retention of free fluid within the peritoneal cavity. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Ascites

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Ascites is the abnormal accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity. Causes include cirrhosis, portal vein obstruction, hypoalbuminemia, and malignancy.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ascites."

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Crosswords: Ascites

English words defined with "ascites": Ascitical ♦ Hydroperitoneum. (references)

Specialty definitions using "ascites": Ascitic Fluid ♦ Lymphangiomyoma ♦ Meigs' Syndrome ♦ Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome ♦ Peritoneovenous Shunt. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Ascites" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (ascites), Dutch (ascites).

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Commercial Usage: Ascites

Domain	Title
Books	Ascites and Renal Dysfunction in Liver Disease: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment (reference) Humanserums h�mning of cellev�kst : dels i den intakte planterod hos Triticum sativum Lam. og dels i Ehrlich ascites tumorcellekulturer in vitro (reference) Mechanisms of Receptor-Mediated Generation of Ionic Signals in Rat Thymocytes and Ehrlich Ascites Tumor Cells (Soviet Scientific Reviews Series, Section D) (reference) Pathogenesis of Sodium Retention & of Ascites Formation in Experimental Cirrhosis in Rates (Acta Biomedica Lovaniensia , No 137) (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Ascites

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Ultrasound is well suited for evaluation of a pelvic mass and assessment of ascites. (references)
		People in advanced stages of the disease are more likely to have symptoms such as fluid in the abdomen (ascites) or mental confusion. (references)
		Ascites (fluid) in the abdomen may become infected with bacteria normally present in the intestines, and cirrhosis can also lead to kidney dysfunction and failure. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Ascites

"Ascites" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.12% of the time. "Ascites" is used about 114 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (plural)	99.12%	113	30,464
Noun (proper)	0.88%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	114	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Ascites

Expression using "ascites": malignant ascites. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ascites

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
ascites	236
ascites chylous	6
ascites treatment	5
ascites cancer ovarian	5
ascites cause	5
ascites malignant	4
ascites picture	4
cirrhosis ascites	4
ascites photo	3
ascites symptom	3
abdominal ascites	3
ascites fetal	3
ascites liver	2
ascites cirrhotic	2
ascites fluid	2
ascites ovarian	2
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Modern Translation: Ascites

Language		Translations for "ascites"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		腹水. (various references)

Danish		ascites. (various references)

Dutch		ascites. (various references)

Finnish		askites (ascites fluid). (various references)

French		ascite (f), ascite (ascites fluid). (various references)

German		Aszites. (various references)

Greek		ασκίτης. (various references)

Italian		ascite. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		腹水 (abdominal dropsy). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ふくすい (abdominal dropsy, water gone underground). (various references)

Pig Latin		ascitesay

Portuguese		ascite. (various references)

Spanish		ascitis, ascites. (various references)

Swedish		askitesvätska (ascites fluid). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Ascites"

Words rhyming with "ascites" (pronounced 'As*ci"tes'): Aetites, Antes, Atlantes, Barytes, Bootes, Cerastes, Certes, Chaetetes, Clidastes, Cortes, Cyphonautes, Dalmanites, Ecclesiastes, Gasteromycetes, Gerontes, Hymenomycetes, Microlestes, Mycetes, Myxomycetes, Myzontes, Nates, Nemertes, Nummulites, Optimates, Orbitolites, Penates, Pentremites, Porites, Primates, Procrustes, Pterocletes, Quirites, Rudistes, Saccharomycetes, Sarcoptes, Schizomycetes, Sorites, Troglodytes, Tympanites, Vadantes, Vagantes, Venantes. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Ascites

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: ectasis.
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-s-s-t"
	-1 letter: castes, cestas, saices, siesta, tassie.
	-2 letters: asset, cases, caste, casts, cates, cesta, cesti, cists, cites, easts, saice, sates, satis, scats, seats, sects, sices, sites, sties, taces, tasse.
	-3 letters: aces, acts, aits, asci, ates, case, cast, cate, cats, cess, cist, cite, east, eats, etas, etic, ices, sacs, sate, sati, scat, seas, seat, secs, sect.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-s-s-t"
	+1 letter: asbestic, ascetics, casteism, chastise, cineasts, elastics, escapist, sauciest, scaliest, scanties, scariest, spaciest, statices, suitcase.
	+2 letters: associate, asthenics, autecisms, campsites, canisters, canoeists, caritases, casteisms, catfishes, cattiness, ceramists, cessation, chastised, chastiser, chastises, cineastes, classiest, coastwise, creasiest, distances, ecdysiast, ecstasies, ecstatics, escapists, estancias, eustacies, incessant, instances, mastiches, mistraces, ostracise, pastiches, pistaches, practises, scabbiest, scantiest, scarriest, scattiest, scenarist, scimetars, sectaries, semantics, silicates, sonicates, spacesuit, speciates, staircase, suitcases, suricates, tachismes, tachistes, tacitness, tackiness, testacies, tieclasps, vesicants, vesicates.
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